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Comparison

noun

The act of examining resemblances. Synonym: comparing. "The fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"

Relation based on similarities and differences.

Qualities that are comparable. Synonyms: comparability, compare, equivalence. "Beyond compare"

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"Comparison" Quotes from Famous Books

... and, going down a short flight of steps, hesitated a moment before she knocked timidly on the front door. During the moment of waiting she glanced over what she hoped was to be her future home. It was so small in comparison with the huge, lonely farmhouse she had left the night before that her heart grew warm in anticipation. Then in answer to a man's voice, calling "Come in!" she lifted the latch ...

— Rose O'Paradise • Grace Miller White

... soldiers of Sulla voluntarily according to the Roman custom swore mutual oaths that they would stand firmly by each other, and each voluntarily brought to the general his savings as a contribution to the costs of the war. But considerable as was the weight of this solid and select body of troops in comparison with the masses of the enemy, Sulla saw very well that Italy could not be subdued with five legions if it remained united in resolute resistance. To settle accounts with the popular party and their incapable ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... simple way. When we talked about Peter and the play he reminded me in lots of ways of old Dr. Chubb when he gets on the subject of spavined horses or sick cows; of course I don't mean any disrespect to Peter in that comparison. I told Mr. Farrington the same thing, and he didn't laugh at all; his eyes shone out from under his bushy white eyebrows like two wise old stars, and he said he saw exactly what I meant, and that he hoped to meet Dr. Chubb some day. And I continued ...

— Over Paradise Ridge - A Romance • Maria Thompson Daviess

... the cells of the pulvinus increase but little in length with advancing age, in comparison with those of the petiole both above and below it; but they continue to grow in width, and keep equal in this respect with the other cells of the petiole. The rate of growth, however, varies in all parts of ...

— The Power of Movement in Plants • Charles Darwin

... By comparison of different parts of the same member or with an analogous portion of another member any marked increase in the apparently normal temperature of a part at once signalizes inflammation. In this manner, in examining a ...

— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

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